Insect-trap.



W. HARRISON.

INSEGT TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. m2.

1,126,994, Patented Feb.2, 1915.

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INVENTOR M M h WITJVESSES I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HARRISON, OF FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO.

INSECT-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Ifatent.

I Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed .1 une 23, 1912. Serial No. 706,048.

To all whom it may concern Be'it known that 1, WILLIAM. HARRISON, a

citizen ofr the United States, residing. at v Farmin-gton, theacounty .:of 'San Juan and State .of New Mexico, have invented new and useful Improvements in Insect-- Traps, of which the following is a specification.'

;Thjs .invention relates .to new and useful imf rovementsxin traps, and more particular y to an insect trap for catching files and the like.

, The rimary object of the present invention re ies in a device as aforesaid wh ch may easil and'readily carried from place this invention consists of the "novel con-.

struction, combination, formation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and particularly pointed out in the appended drawings', in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevationembody ng my invention. Fig. 2 is vertical sectlon through the same, and Fig. 3 is .a trans verse section taken on the line 3'3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailed fragmentary view of the driven shaft illustrated in connection.

with the gear wheel which communicates motion thereto, and Fig. 5 is a detailed side elevation'al view of the fan shaft and driven shaft showing the manner in which they are engaged. Reference now being had to the drawings,

wherein like numerals illustrate like parts throu bout the several views, the numeral 10 in icates the funnelshaped casing having :1 depending cylindrical portion 11 ex-- tending therefrom in which is mounted means for drawing the insects within the trap. This means consists of a fan 12 mounted upon a shaft 13 which is journaled Within across bar 14 mounted. in the cylindrical member 11. A shaft 15 journaled within a cross bar 16 mounted on the extremity of the cylindrical member 11 frictionally engages the end of the shaft 13 as at 17.. To provide. means for propelling the last mentioned-shaft, I provide a pair of. brackets 18:.within:..theycylindrical casmg'll which have .j'onrn'aled therein. a driven shaft .19 and a drive; shaft .20 which extend :in parallel @relation. to each other.

Mounted .on the-shaft 19 is a large gear 21 :wln'ch meshes; with a spiral gear 22 keyed t0. the shaft-15 and mounted upon the opposite shaft 20 is. a gear 23. of greater diameterthan the before mentioned gear and is adaptedtomesh'with a pinion 24 mounted ,on' the shaft: 19. .Theseshafts 19 and 20 are mounted transversely in the frame, as more clearly shown in==Fig.-3 and the shaft 20 extends beyond the casing and has mounted thereon an operating. handle 25, wherebv the fan 12 may be manually propelled, but

' in constructing a device greater in size than that shown in the drawings, a motor or other similar means of propulsion may be secured to the shaft 20 for operating the fan. Diagonally extending from one side adJacent the upper extremity of the cylindrical casing 11 is a tapered flue 26 which has a flange 27 formed around the outer extremity thereof. An insect catching bag 28 is detachably secured to the flue 26 as at 29 in any well known manner. This bag is .of

such construction that willproperly hold the insects which haw entered the same,-

but will allow the free escape of the air as itis drawn into the same, in view of the fact that the lower end or bottom of the ha is made ofmesh or the like. 'filounted within the cylindrical casing 11 is a pair of inwardly extending lugs 30 having mounted thereon a wire screen 31. This screen is mounted on an angle so that when the fan rotates it will have a tendency to draw the insects to the fan, but the screen will prevent the insects from coming in contact therewith and direct the same into the;

flue 26 and then into the rece tacle 28. A handle 32 is mounted on the nnel shaped portion of the casin I .10, whereby the same may be easily carrie from place to place.

It is obvious from this construction that as the gearing, asbefore described, is operated it will cause the fan 12 to rotate and as the shaft 15 is in frictional engagement with the shaft 13, the fan 12 will continue rotating'through its momentum should the gear- 110 ing be stopped. It is to be further understood that other minor details of construction may be resorted to' that come within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An insect trap including a funnel-shaped casing, a cylindrical element issuing from the apex of said element, a flue formed in said element and having communication with said casing, a screen arranged in said element having engagement with the inner side of said element below the orifice of said flue and inclined upwardly therefrom, and having engagement with said elements below the interconnection of said casing and said element, a cross bar mounted approximately midway the ends of said element, a shaft revolubly mounted in said cross bar, a fan carried on the upper end of said shaft, a second cross bar arranged on the extreme of said element and provided with an opening midway the ends thereof, a shaft the one end of which is journaled in said opening and the opposite end frictionally engaging with said fan shaft, a spiral gear formed on said second mentioned shaft, a drive shaft extending transversely in said element, a driven shaft arranged in parallelism to said drive shaft, a large gear keyed on said drive shaft and a pair of relatively smaller gears keyed on said driven shaft, the one of said smaller gears co-meshing with said drive shaft gear for communicating motion from said drive shaft to said driven shaft, and the other small vgear of said driven shaft mesh ing'with the spiral gear whereby to impart motion to said fan shaft, and acrank for operating said drive shaft.

WILLIAM HARRISON.

Witnesses J. M. PALMER, W. J. HILL. 

